Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-06-04
THE FLOWER KINGDOM.

l,erauss they were tall end sssOuN, end Iovso
~ rule Some os them did well, osnets Wess
tyiAn0icai or careless, aud OIL Ws'e "nu ~
,nouey and mower, ~ their name showed
but tho flowers never dared 10 propose hsv
tpv a.v ono else, becAuse this hau besn the
custom 10 long.
Now there warn . grcst many Asters Ol
oycry Kind and ooiOr, from tue little white
STARS low In thu grnss to ths stately spraya
waving their purple plunos over the mOsay
wall that enclosed the meadow. 1hOse grow
ing along ths roadside raw aud heard wha,
went on in the world, aud were wise, ener-
getic creatures, Anx xlOus To act things right
everywhere. - they began to say 70 their
netRhbOrN one autumn, ~ the tt,ne Tor 6lec-
ton drew near
1--WE have had kings long enough Let us
try queen now, sud reform certain very
important matters " hitch are always neglected
by the Golden rods, who care only for fesst
Ing and fighting and having their own way.
Let us ali vote for our Violet, who grows
over there In the palace, and would mako .
wise, good queen"
At this proposal the aristocrAtic Cardinal
Flowers were shocked, and grew rod with
shame the Ffinaed Cont aus shut their blue
eyes and nearly tainted At the bold idea, and
Clstnatis hid her face Ia ths grass that shs
might not tho uu utettnlu0 cy0otur0 ~ WhO
dnred auvuest su,h n thing. Rut thu iata
Cioyerr and Nuttsrcups, being h0nest,
simpis. hearted np~ers, cried, " YES, yes, lot
us do Il, xnd give the Asters Q turn, " In oDly
fAir."
And the Forciathers' Cup which grew oil
over thS field, added /:
ave shn,l y,ts for V ,,st Il 10 time the
dresdfui intem i-rAuce oi ths bsss among the
wild grapes should be stopped, that snakes
should no longer bs allowed TO charm and
ants .houi a end, aud more peacs, order, and
economy bs introtu.si into our public stl A,rs
The Asters arc de.csnded from the stars and
so sr,, v,rv !. ia. th,v ni.o are lust And van.
tie ana ". All Inv, them. Lat us trv n
queen, and see II we cannot make the
,ira,iow what IL should be"
The For, t.,hor., lun ~ ara m uch ySs res,ted
by all the p,anis. b,cau ,e thew came over IN
tho NAV flower " ore very hos sple " ,th their
green .ua rus-e, ni,,S.rs .lwsvc tnIi ana
outiiyed tina fr,., IN a s ane old fa,ntl v thsv
were
y, ~,., ,,.v u,.. M, I'M, ,,. A.,.,, nm
,,. ,....., -, ,.,, ,n,,,,,,h ~. a. oi,,., r,.s-
r.v.a .",,,,s NY ,na",..,,v'. sna nn.,,v ,s"vss.,
nt .uch uo,..u.s Ths,e wss great excite
man, .,C 81, ,n. n, .o.. no.,,S.,; AMI ,u.,is.,
a, ~ ..is 80 n,nm,,,a -. ,ns. ,.issa ~.
matter ry,r ami ,i,,,,,i,,d now thew wo,II
yo,s m. bauvh,v C.,d,n.Is declined IN
yo,. nj ali .n oid th.. !eu,i.n. und ..siicsts
cts,, All. ,,.c,ar,t thx, an. onIv wnnsai
something TO cling TO and obsy. and never
could cons,nt To ts, "A ou,en -
An, m. s,inve,s snd Rut,erc,na the
pi,rb.r plant and ali ,he Aster. votai
brAyely Tor Y i,I., AND ,ba Nsple Tre~ th.t
stori in tbs ,n,d,,ia "a; ina 6sia dropte.f a
littls re.i leaf with a V ON n. ~ the wind
went about collecting votes which snrpr,.ed
the flower, very much. IA such \ thing hnd
newer b.nr.nsd boiore AMI Ali rev.rdsi ihe
b.su,it,,I t,.a a. ,baI, ,ourt ,,,ss, a, ,u sda
such ioy.lx music hivb sbovs tSsm. Even
the ola ,r..,, HncL at tbe ,,n, of ,ha Nspla
v.y. . hi a., a.. I,h.n tor y,oist IN ,ha vrs.s
wrsth a, nm, G,xn..v,ne who kent . drink
inv -alo,n ior m" a ,x,i uat.d te.. On its nunnv
MI.
Ot ,,,,., thu co,aep rod. al, vo,.r, far
thai, hanns,na rS.,,y. .Gno ,.ii ni.nt ~ho
hann.uea ,n vrnG n.ar ,ho PuroIe A ntar
undsr ina Nsn,a rr.s ubich "a, .Iled tho
n.,.,., I'm, tho oth.r ia, won AMI Violet
~ a. rrf.,i.I,,,.i ou.,n Win vIe., ?, io,,iov
by ali h,r Ir,eni. aud moi. nt.1rs. 10 th, great
disney al nm, inn,i.h t,n yer, " n, wantsi the
world To stand s,il
I. Wha, are We coming to ?, pruaued the
card,,.l. rod sitn rae.
WUt,.r o..,rur,Io,, =, c,,nx,d the Cows.
n ,pptnp .Nay lo ,y,y In. bad nrxs slse.
N hs,.
UW, Will ncysr visit her" de ,iared the
Gent,.ns nh. - tn.,r iriuvss ~ IL the
mere tnoyxb, s,,,,,.t them.
"C,,r,. m,,nm,n,,s rre.,u,s IN dare IN
rule atone, IL make, ma faint 10 loox AT her"
siub,d Clo,n ,ti.- ~. piu, no All ~. same.
tuiI al, ,.,,,,,.,,, H. -. n,, ~ ,.,I,,an ,Yi t,,L
his d,.nt,u
uo tossed nj, v.I,,w he., In s,ornful
s,iou,. An. mayer nu,, Innk ,i oy,r IN. tult
N, tayr. In,t yr,,H b.t ,,.,n him and M. n.r
on.en
:. 1, w,,,, Last mo. she c.n,t rsipn one
AMI .onn viii b. II, tn ,,ivs tun Toe.,
siiiy tbinv, n,,,i LEARN , GOOD i,ss,,t,. and be
Glad 10 s,t m. back i, IN prs,srys NV
dignity and b,,,e INV time he said to his
friends for IA, w,s "A ma fellow only he did
NOT know Vet what Astsrs could do when
thew had Inc uo.sr. and IL was he who
the lesson. a, We shall SEQ,
ESsryons tbouvht that the queens head
would N. turn..i with this sud,ten change.
and That vr,at t.,,iyi,,s, wonld bs held In
honnr Fl ~ 40 tho Cardinal. ana i,ntians re-
9ret,ed th,,r resolution not To visit the palace,
since th.v xouia Io-e ali chance of sharing
In the sD,endnr and shoxi iny their lovely
rot,as
Rur y,o,s, l,vs., vary ouistlv l,sbind the
=. a ,.,n. .,a 80 .n v:rv nn.v .,t.na,nv In
The sf,,,r, 'i t,r L,nvdn, thS, sSa had no
tine ,"r h.mnna,. Sns ass"J sivice of the
M.n,. ,r,,,., .nd tna ,vi.. old RocI soa soon
h.gan ,h., ,,'nch ,..a.d r.fnr,ns The
snss.. w.,s h.ai.h.I and tha hi,ds were
s.,a rhs ,iosv ns.s vara ords,si In vo tn
the pucner pI.n, .nd ay,nk trs.h water, for
the {; t;r.n.v,na hn,a, -,.. shmt nm Tne uuar.
raj. oi In. ants wa,a s.,tis.t v,,,hou, biood
.hst AM, ,Ga ,,,s.in,,v 40 Crow. ~ arr, tnr hidden
In M nm I'M, ie1c, i.ltiSS evil ,toI ,ss of every
ons Tha nonr "a sr, csr.d t,r. and the tir,t
fe.st Mt In, u.lsG,, wa, Tor certain ,mproyi
d.nt bu,t,, fi,e, who hsd neglected TO make
their G paons before tho cold weather csms.